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Assembly Bill A7043

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits the New York state environmental facilities corporation from entering into contracts, leases or other agreements with entities that are not compliant with the MWBE requirements

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2025-A7043 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6087
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1285, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7836, S6904
2019-2020: A1520, S5064
2021-2022: A6089, S5649
2023-2024: A3930, S7277

2025-A7043 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the New York state environmental facilities corporation from entering into contracts, leases or other agreements with entities that are not compliant with the requirements of article five-A of the general municipal law regarding participation by minority- and women-owned businesses.

2025-A7043 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7043
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, COLTON, GIBBS -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public authorizes law, in relation to prohibiting
   the New York state environmental facilities corporation from  entering
   into  contracts, leases or other agreements with entities that are not
   compliant with the requirements  of  article  five-A  of  the  general
   municipal  law  regarding  participation  by minority- and women-owned
   businesses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1285 of the public authorities law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. THE CORPORATION SHALL NOT ENTER INTO  CONTRACTS,  LEASES  OR  OTHER
 AGREEMENTS WITH ENTITIES THAT ARE NOT COMPLIANT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 ARTICLE  FIVE-A  OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW REGARDING PARTICIPATION BY
 MINORITY- AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law; and shall apply to all contracts, agreements
 and leases entered into on or after such date.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10625-01-5

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